Metallic railway-tie



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I T. GLEASON. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

PatentedMar. 15,.

f No. .359.440.

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upon the tie.

posed of the said arms d d and the headed bar UNITED STATES TIMOTHY GLEASON, 0F RED wine, MINNESOTA.

PATENT OFFICE.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,440, dated March 15, 1887.

Application filed September 14, 1886. Serial No. 213,496. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it k nown that I, TIMOTHY GLE soN, of Red Wing, in the county of Goodhue and State of Minnesota,have invented a new and Improved Metallic Bailway-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my metallic railway-tie. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line m 00 of Fig. 1, showing the railway-rails in cross-section; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the tie and side view of the rail secured therein.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

A represents my new metallic railway-tie caster otherwise formed in trough shape,with fiat bottom a and parallel vertical side pieces, I) b. Theupper surface of the bottom a is oppositely beveled, orformed with a crown, a, in the center, from which point the upper surface gradually slopes to the ends of the tie, so that the strength. of the tie will be increased and water prevented from standing in the tie.

Between the side pieces, I) b, are formed or secured the cross-pieces B B, which support the railway-rails C O, and between the crosspieces. B B are formed the narrow bridgepieces D D, which act as braces and also support the rails O G. The cross-pieces B B are formed with corresponding apertures, c 0, through which the arms 01 d of the clamps E pass, for securing one side of the rails O C The clamps E are each comd', to which the arms d d are secured, and which is formed at its upper end with the hook-shaped head (1". The outer ends of .the

arms (I d are formed with corresponding openin gs, through which headed keys or wed ges f are driven against the outer surfaces of the crosspieces B B forholding the clamps E and binding the rails G, the upper ends of the keys f being formed with a hook or head, f, to engage with the flange of the rail or the fish-plate g, as shown clearly at the left in Fig. 2.

For supporting the vfish-plates and for bolding the keys f in place, Iform the cross-pieces B with a flange, t, at the upper edge, through an opening, f, in which the keys pass; and to prevent the clamps E from shifting sidewise I form the cross-pieces B with the lugs 'i i, between which the clamps are held, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p l. A metal railwaytie made trough-shaped and formed with an inclined bottom, substantially as described.

2. The metal railway-tie A, made troughshaped and formed with erosspieces B B, substantially as described.

3. The metal railway-tie A, formed with cross-pieces B B, having corresponding openings, c, substantially as described.

4. The metal railway-tie A, formed with the cross-pieces B B and center pieces, D, joining the cross-pieces, substantially as described.

5. The railway-tie A,formed with the crosspieces B B, having corresponding openings, 0, in combination with the clamps Eand keys f, substantially as described.

6. The railway-tie A, formed with the crosspieces B B, formed with corresponding openings, c, in combination with the key f, and the clamps E, formed with the apertured arms (I, substantially as described.

7. The railway-tie A, formed with the crosspieces B B, the crosspieces B having the apertured flanges i, and the cross-pieces B being formed with the'lugs i, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

TIMOTHY GLEASON.

Witnesses:

THOMAS QUILAR, S. J. HASLER. 

